Mindanao Week of Peace 2008 is on the go

The 2008 Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) is on the 27th of November to December 3.

It is but a sad truth that Mindanao has been engulfed with very biased views. It the view of a land of warring people. But that's is not always the case. So this time the concern people of the archipelago initiated a Week of Peace, a week of harmony, harmony to the land, rhythm to the diverse culture, respect to the tribal people, and hymn to the order of living.

Actually I just recently heard about this event the last day. It was just a fine ordinary day to me, when surprisingly I was told by one of our teacher in the school to attend a Essay Writing Contest regarding this noble event. My mood that time was not obviously with writing, it was of an ordinary cheerful school day. I have to choice but to agree, anyway it will be ,again, a learning session for me. But everything went fine when I was on the actual venue of the contest. When I arrived there, the staff give me a pin(that one in the picture), well they don't explain anything about that.

As the event goes on, I learned that it was a pre-week activity. An activity conducted before the MWOP. And just before that day, another event was conducted, it was a poster-making contest. Anyway, there are lots of activities still to be commenced. For more information about the contest click here.

The Essay Writing contest flows good. It was attended by a number of school. But I was just amaze on the staff of the event on how they persuade us to write a free-lance essay, it wasn't ordinary. The staff asks us to write a proposal essay in any language we are comfortable with, and that is about how the youth could partake sincere contributions to the peace and order situation in Mindanao. Luckily I succeed in writing a piece, surely it will not win.haha

But the core idea of the event is indeed noble. In its intention, its vision and its mission. Hope all of us will be sensitive to the peacefulness of our beloved island, the Mindanao. And I would like to quote the closing remarks of the emcee.

" The people who best travel the road are those that assures the next traveler's convenience"

May God bless us all.

Joey Ayala to perform on Munato Festival '08

Yeah that is absolutely true. Joey Ayala will perform on Munato Festival.

Well, last day I was called by one of my classmate and ask me to buy a ticket regarding the concert of Mr. Joey Ayala in our Munato Festival 2008, the theme this year is Ang Galing mo Sarangan (You are good Sarangan).I am not an avid fan of him, but I'd heard and read some awesome things about him. So just I always do ,I surf the net for information about Mr. Joey Ayala and I'm amazed on who really was him. And then I remember my physics teacher is a fan of him. This are the things I've found.

Joey Ayala (born June 1, 1956) is a contemporary pop music artist in the Philippines. He is well known for his style of music that combines the sounds of Filipino ethnic instruments with modern pop music. His professional music career started when he released an album recorded in a makeshift-studio in 1982. To date, he has released six albums.
Some of the Filipino ethnic instruments Ayala is known to use include the two-stringed Hegalong of the T'Boli people of Mindanao and the 8-piece gong set, Kulintang melodical gong-rack of the predominantly Muslim peoples of the southern part of the country. He also uses modern instruments in his music, such as the electric guitar, bass guitar, and drums.
He is one of the few Filipino contemporary songwriters who insists on putting his creative energies at the service of cultural/social development, so much so that he has ventured directly in to non-formal education - the running of workshops demonstrating the use of arts as a language for education.

[edit] Awards and Honors Received:
Benigno S. Aquino, Jr. Award for Social Artistry, Federation of Catholic Schools’ Alumni/ae Associations (FeCaSAA)in partnership with the Good Citizenship Movement [GCM], 2007
Musical Intelligence Award, Multiple Intelligence International School, 2007
Datu Bago Award from The City of Davao (“for being an outstanding composer-performer-bandleader-lyricist, arranger, writer who has defined the ethnic character of Mindanao music that he renders magnificently well using his voice and indigenous instruments resulting in the consciousness of the Filipino soul of intimations of its moral values and environmental responsibilities.”) Awarded March 14, 2000, 63rd Araw ng Dabaw, Marco Polo Hotel.
Special MAGIS Award for Outstanding Alumni, Ateneo de Manila High School (, “For creating music that delineates the unique Filipino soul, for defining the ethnic character of Philippine music through the use of native instruments, especially in harmony with foreign instruments like drums and acoustic guitar, and for awakening in the Filipino an awareness of its own heritage as a people . . .”), 1996
Gawad ng Pagkilala - Komisyon sa Wikang Pilipino. Recognition from the National Commission for the Filipino Language (Dahil sa paglikha ng mga awiting mayaman sa pagpapahalagang moral sa wikang Filipino at paglalapat ng musika sa pamamagitan ng katutubong mga instrumento.... nakatutulong sa pagpapayabong at pagpapaunlad ng wika at kalinangang Pilipino. [For writing songs laden with moral values in Pilipino, for musical arrangements using indigenous instruments . . . for helping enrich and develop Pilipino culture.]), 1993
Outstanding Alumnus in the field of the Performing Arts, Ateneo de Davao University Alumni Association, 1993
Nomination: Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World, Award for Cultural Achievement, Junior Jaycees Chamber International, 1993
The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Award, The Philippine Jaycees, (“for humanitarian efforts directed towards the two objectives of art - as relevant socially-oriented medium and as aesthetic principle”), 1989

[edit] Albums
Panganay ng Umaga (Firstborn of the Morning)
Magkabilaan (Dichotomies)
Mga Awit ng Tanod-lupa (Songs of the Earth-Guardian)
Lumad sa Síyudad (Native in the City)
Lupa't Langit (Earth and Heaven)
16lovesongs
Awit ng Magdaragat (Song of the Seafarer)
Organik
Basta May Saging (As Long as Theres Bananas!)
JoeyAyala: RAW
Encantada (Music from a Ballet Philippines dance-drama, 1992.)

(Informations are affirmed to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Ayala)

See! Mr. Joey Ayala's concert is something to be worth to spend a few bucks of. So Don't be surprised when you see me in the concert.haha